Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.
>Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough".

The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom".

They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?".

Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking,??but why is this a forever good-bye?".


"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral," she said.

"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough'. May I ask what that means?".

She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone". She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more. "When we said , 'I wish you enough', we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them". Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude
bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

She then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them but then an entire life to forget them.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE....

To all my friends and loved ones,
I WISH YOU ENOUGH.....

Thank you, Iz -- that's beautiful!

((((((((((IZZIE))))))))))

ty lex...
i stole it from my email, but needed to share it with all my friends here ((((lex))))

Beautiful!!!

Nice story to start the day with.. thanks for sharing Izzie

Till you face that day, you never know how it will effect you.
We knew day after Thanksgiving, Gwen's cancer had reached her liver. From then till May 2, we lived everyday, like it might be the last. I had to run the business, but took more time from it than I ever had. Regrets, that I didn't do it years earlier. Live everyday like it was your or everyone close to you's last. You'll never know when it might.

I love that one...it got my daughter and I saying that....

now to all my JSH family..I wish you enough, too!

enough... what a wonderful blessing

time for work..


i wish you all enough...

Izzie that was beautiful!!!!!!!!

I wish everyone enough. Make amends if you need, because we have this moment but are not promised the next. Be kind to strangers for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2

(((((Izzie))))) I wish you Enough,, so Beautiful,,,
Love you

There r million of good people and millions of good act but the utmost good and loving act 'is to forgive someone on the spot without second thought